Daily Republican., 1887-11-09

iiNhihC' IL ~ Ah6he nou o.
all the money I've got and beoack in
half an hour" |
Gain yourself" said Samuel,
'there's no hurry. Parting ith your
little all that you've laid up f rainy
day is a serious matter. etter test
these goods before buying. Suppose
on your way home for your inds-by |
the way, how much did 20 say you
had?" / replied that / fought II
could scrape together $500. "What
was going to suggest" he ontinued,
"was that on your wsbome you
should go into bank witlsamples OF
these goods and see II thy are not
pronounced genuine" y gave me
two or three bills and I leihim prom
|ising to be back in half amour.
When I reappeared ! Grried with
me the identical black bg and con-
tents that had been expressed I'd me in
tMaine. ! explained toISaAuel that II
had brought with me NY ntire stock
of soaps and perfumeries, Intending to !
make break for the ia West with
| my fortune and look abou for q town
in which ! could start drug store.
Hc was good enough p 'ay that the
scheme was sensible On, and when
Ii exhibited the ticket which l had
purchased for Omaha Q remarked
with glance at his wat0 that if we
were prompt in transscng business !
could catch the 10 trn. the fastest
one Of the day. "All ight," said l,
"I've got my money rtdy." He went
Ito closet in his ron and returned
with black satchel, To precise coun-
terpart of the one / ha in my valise.
Then he counted or $s, 900. placed
the package in the stchel, locked it
and handed INC cthe kf.
The situation had pw become in
lteresting. was reliVed by hearing
la loud knock at the dbr, and Samuel's
Exclamation, "Whotan that bel
hurry the bag into Itft closet while ]
90 and get rid of 1ylcaller." hur-
ried the bag into thqclose., carrying
my valise along With it, and in .
, Itwinkling I made hange, The bag
with the 1000 vet into my valise
1.-The bag with heIbIewn paper il
eIit was LETT on be floor OF th'
|, Icloset. On SAmel's return Fh
remarked, 81 fibd tat my watch hs
. Irun down, and thatk is later than
Thought for. I've Jailed hack 70
Iyou, and if youIdrit fast you'll catcl
Iyour train, but yoY haven't a minut
Ito lose. I'd ACCOMPANY you to th
al depot, but piesslg engagement ds
l. tains me-"
al That suited me Exactly. l went
It 1.-The closet, and tfing my vallse |
:. lone hand and the black satcbel in II
Mother l flew downstairs, jumped in,
r the hack and infohed the driver L
20 9give him an extrldollar If he'd cato
A. the l 10 train tom the East. He SCI
( Ibis horses alongon a gallop and
,e eimanaged to SCRABBLE on to the hir
platform of the lft car OF the train
8 it was moving on OF the depot. Nv
il days later l ws back in Maine.
ct had spent on Samuel u, 500; and n
n rIexpenses to BOSTON and Chica
aIamounted a 10 bout $500, making
ofItotal of $1,000 ] had received frt
IT. that philanthppist $4,000, so Il
,"lthere was @ hlance in my favor
in | 81, 900 as the result of my acquail
r. lance with hin. For q day or t
celafter my retuh exulted over wha'
lelIhsd done--e5ulted in secret, for l to
celnobody into my confidence. Th
alcame a reyusion OF feeling, and l
, I'll gan to loatbthe sum that had ms
ed d(by oyerreadhing a professional SEQ,
illfdrel. It seemed little better IL
mt blood money. At length this feel
ngl became such torment that ! resolv
les to refund all Ihad got out OF Sam
n except my nsksd investment of Fl 8
ly. Accordingly l hsiled certified che
mt for S., 200 to hading Chicago min
ng tier, stating all he circumstances a
I'M begging him to DO what he thoul
I'm best. This miniter after good d
nyI of trouble got on he track of Sam
re- and went to see aim, accompanied
LEILA renowned detective. Samuel ,
,ur scared within al inch of his
,orI thinking that his lays out of a W
he earned prison wee ended. His spi
r-Ibroken at the los OF much mon
lie, beaten at his own game and
oIknowing what testimony might ro1
an ready for use against him, he mad
lar confession whih resulted in G
er. S., 900 being restored to greenho
o I whom he had robbed as he robbed
de- After his photograph had b
ed taken and copy of it sent
a." the police headquarters OF
,ity the leading cities in the country, W
red remained OF the check was given h
re- l never again ieard from him, b,
ing understood tha, he went to Austria
md 1 believe that's vii. Nobody has
. a Iceeded in getting me to take hant
pleia game of chance. crooked or I
20. Iron that time b this. Great Sc
tell how It does rainll